Honesty is the basic trait of the true seeker who keeps away from the pretentious knowledge of the so called pandits of high erudition particularly in spiritual matters. The scholarly depths in the ultimate probe fail to realize the Divine Truth. Simple acceptance of the right path of total surrender in all humility will certainly lead us to deliverance from bondage.
In the snkeertana, "Bhavincha Le Revvarunu Bayalu Vakeru Gani", the great poet savant Annamacharya describes this theme of honest acceptance of our ignorance of scholastic vanity and need to surrender to the Almighty...........
'O Lord! In spite of talking in public of so many things by the multitude in pretension of having understood for sure, in essence nobody can ever ponder about the Truth. We know only one thing. That is about Your Existence and unconditional surrender to You for deliverance.
'It can not be thought of and comprehend by us about, how the Salvation would be; how the True Knowledge (Awareness) would be and how the Act of God (Fate) would be. What is in store for us in future and in which directions our mind drags us every time, that too we can not ever be able to guess.
'We are ignorant of what the holy scriptures,Vedas are about; what does 'detachment' actually mean, what is the genesis and what is the culmination of this creation. No matter how much deeply probed, we can not understand what is 'Atma' and what is 'Paramatma'; we do not know either, what is 'duality' and what is 'non duality'.
'We are in the dark about, and difficult to realize, what is the outcome of 'Karma Phala' (results of actions), what is the devotional approach towards Almighty, what is intellectual awareness about discriminating between,what is good and what is bad. But despite these shortcomings in our life, O Lord! We know only one thing in certain about You. Hence we stand quietly before You surrendering unconditionally. Please show mercy on us by showering Your grace!'.......
My practical experience to share in all honesty, when I tried to go through some contents circulating in face book and whatsapp, the plethoric versions propagated by individual spiritual masters in their own vein, started to boggle my mind. When I found they are only distracting my internal peace, I simply retreated from them. Paradise Regained !
In the snkeertana, "Bhavincha Le Revvarunu Bayalu Vakeru Gani", the great poet savant Annamacharya describes this theme of honest acceptance of our ignorance of scholastic vanity and need to surrender to the Almighty...........
'O Lord! In spite of talking in public of so many things by the multitude in pretension of having understood for sure, in essence nobody can ever ponder about the Truth. We know only one thing. That is about Your Existence and unconditional surrender to You for deliverance.
'It can not be thought of and comprehend by us about, how the Salvation would be; how the True Knowledge (Awareness) would be and how the Act of God (Fate) would be. What is in store for us in future and in which directions our mind drags us every time, that too we can not ever be able to guess.
'We are ignorant of what the holy scriptures,Vedas are about; what does 'detachment' actually mean, what is the genesis and what is the culmination of this creation. No matter how much deeply probed, we can not understand what is 'Atma' and what is 'Paramatma'; we do not know either, what is 'duality' and what is 'non duality'.
'We are in the dark about, and difficult to realize, what is the outcome of 'Karma Phala' (results of actions), what is the devotional approach towards Almighty, what is intellectual awareness about discriminating between,what is good and what is bad. But despite these shortcomings in our life, O Lord! We know only one thing in certain about You. Hence we stand quietly before You surrendering unconditionally. Please show mercy on us by showering Your grace!'.......
My practical experience to share in all honesty, when I tried to go through some contents circulating in face book and whatsapp, the plethoric versions propagated by individual spiritual masters in their own vein, started to boggle my mind. When I found they are only distracting my internal peace, I simply retreated from them. Paradise Regained !
As Many Spiritual Strains !
Om Shanti !
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